might be a little long in my estimation, especially since we’ll have a new owner. Things can change quickly (see 2003 then 2006 seasons).

Congrats to Jimbo on extension. I agree that four years is a bit longer than I expected, but whatever.

and I hope he makes the best of those years.

But as stated before it won’t matter because whoever the new owner is won’t let a multi-year contract in place prevent him/her from doing what they want to do with the Cub front office.

Any Hendry haters out there shouldn’t worry about the length of the contract. If the owners tire of him, they can still fire him/buyout the contract. I think he deserves the 4 year contract. With that, he should feel comfortable and be able to go out and make us long term winners. Like I said though, if he screws up though, they can easily still let him go.

Yippie!

Now go get Manny and KEEP Soriano. :)

Hes made some nice moves lately, the Pierre deal notwithstanding

Three year deal, fine. Four years… c’mon. This just isn’t in line with what GMs are getting these days. Doug Melvin’s extension last week was three years. Brian Cashman’s extension was three years. There was no reason to extend Hendry beyond three years. Was Hendry going to up and leave had the deal only been three years? Doubtful.

Three years would have been a very generous extension under even the most pro-Hendry views. Four years is just spending more of the next owner’s money.

I’m still pissed off. Hendry has stuck us with huge long term deals with players that just flat out suck in October. And for that he gets rewarded.

Lets see – Zambrano = huge deal, sucks down the stretch (except for his no hitter) He wasn’t getting stronger thats for sure
Fukudome = huge deal, starts hot then goes Tuffy Rhodes
A-Ram – Huge Deal – Mr RBI in June, can’t hit a beach ball in the playoffs
Lou – huge deal, out manages Ned Yost, but admittedly forgets things sometimes – and then has senior moments in the playoffs like not pitching Lilly (who did finish strong), resting Zambrano during last years NLDS, or leaving in Dempster this year when he’s uncharacteristically walking everybody and their mama.
Soriano – huge deal – plays great for 2 weeks at a time (when he’s not injured) 3 times a year. Those times “when he carries the team” don’t happen in October.

Somehow the Red Sox can deal Manny and still make a real strong post season run.

Meanwhile Tampax bay is going to the freakin world series. Just like the Marlins did and the Snakes before that.

Winning the division means very little to me anymore, especially when our Cubs just lay down and take it up the rear in 3 games! Two years in a row!!! The Dodgers weren’t any good! Philly proved it. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!

Next front office step tie up Bush and Wilken maybe overpay a bit to keep them long term. I really like the team that Hendry has put together in the front office,

I think Hendry is one of the most underrated GMs in baseball. He’s had a few stumbles (Pierre, as previously mentioned), but he’s been very creative in getting very good players here (witness the Nomar and Harden deals). If those players haven’t performed at times ike they’re supposed to, that isn’t the fault of Hendry.

Plus, from all accounts, he’s a good guy with a good front-office team.

Anybody who finializes a deal while hooked up to an EKG is OK with me.

He probably just wanted to say something positive about 2008 in the tribune article that i read today where he mentioned it not being uncommon for good teams to knock at the door a few times before kicking it in. I can respect that comment. But the Cubs don’t have the young nucleus like the Braves and their SP rotation from yester-years, or the Buffalo Bills with several Hall of Fame players in their prime. The Cubs do not have that kind of talent on the current roster.

Here’s hoping that Hendry sees that it’s imperative that we acquire/develop such talent over the next 4 years.